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New boiler or stick with 18 year old one ?
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I_have_spoken wrote: »Always , always keep a simple open-flue boiler which don't have any complex electronics with in-built obsolescence. The so-called efficiency of combis is only in lab-test conditions.
To that add £400+ for a power-flush or else the guarantee on the new one will be void and expect to pay £££s when the power-flush opens up pin-holes in the pipes and rads.
Maybe I have been lucky but my Vaillant Combi is still working well and is now 10 years old. I have had it serviced every year since I moved in but have not had any problems at all with it.0
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